Daichi Tomita is a graduate of Department of Sport and Health Science, and his research manuscript was accepted and published in BMC Research Notes, which collaborated with Professor Tadao Isaka, Professor Akinori Nagano, Lecturer Masafumi Terada, Assistant Professor Tadashi Suga, and Assistant Professor Mitsuo Otsuka.

This study examined the relationship between leg bone length and sprint performance in sprinters. As a result, the ratio of the tibial length to femoral length correlated with International Amateur Athletic Federation score (i.e., sprint performance) in 400-m sprinters, but not 100-m sprinters. This finding suggests that the leg bone lengths may play an important role in achieving superior long sprint performance in 400-m specialized sprinters.

Tomita D, Suga T, Terada M, Tanaka T, Miyake Y, Ueno H, Otsuka M, Nagano A, Isaka T. A pilot study on a potential relationship between leg bone length and sprint performance in sprinters; are there any event-related differences in 100-m and 400-m sprints? BMC Res Notes 22;13(1):297, 2020.

doi: 10.1186/s13104-020-05140-z.